Dump-wagon.



PATENTED JAN. 8, 1907. G. G. AVERY.

DUMP WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1905- 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

INVENTQR ATTdRNEYS N0.- s40,s01. PATENTED JAN. 8, 190 7.

0.0.AVERY/ DUMP WAGON. Y

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23,1905;

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Urrnn' STATES PATENT when.

COURTNEY c. AVERY, or AUBURN, NEW-"YORK, ASSIGNORTO THE EAGLE WAGON WORKS, on AUBURN, new roan, A CORPORATION on NEW YORK.

DUMP-WAGON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 8, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, COURTNEY C. AVERY, of Auburn, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Dump-Wagon, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object the production of a dump-wagon which is particularly simple in construction and highly eflicient and durable in use; and to thisend it consists in the novel combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the ;views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly broken away, of a preferable embodiment of my invention. ldig. 2 is a front elevation of parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view on line A A, Fig. 1, the position of the sections ofthe bottom when dumping the load being indicated in dotted lines.

The side bars 1 of the frame of my wagon have parts 2 thereof extended upwardly and forwardly to permit the front wheels to turn under the wagon-body. The advance ends 3 of the side bars are disposed in a horizontal plane above and substantially parallel to the main portions of said side bars.

Supplemental frame members 4 are arranged, respectively, beneath the advance ends 3 of the side bars 1, and each consists of a bar having its majorv portion arranged substantially parallel to the advance end 3 of the corresponding side bar and having one end, preferably the rear end 5, extended upwardly at substantially a right angle to such major portion and fixed by rivets or other means to said advance ends 3. The forward 1portions 6 of the sides of the wagon-body are xed to the inner faces of the advance ends 3 of the side bars 1 and the supplemental frame members 4. A frame constructed as described is easily and cheaply manufactured and is of maximum strength.

As best seen inFig. 2, the side bars 1 are formed of angle-iron of inverted- L-shaped cross-section, the vertical flanges 7 thereof extending downwardly and i the horizontal flanges 8 extending outwardly.

9 is a receptacle supported on the rear of the frame of the wagon and forming the major part of the wagon-body, said receptacle returning the same to sue termediate portions.

having its opposite sides 10 secured, respectively; to the vertical flanges 7 of the side bars 1, and the lower edges of said sides 10 being substantially flush with thelower edges of the vertical flanges 7. As shown in Fig. 3, the bottom of the receptacle 9 is divided longitudinally along its middle into two opposite sections 11, which .are'secured at their outer edges to the side bars 1 by hinges having their pivotal pins located, resfiectively, in the angles of said: side bars.

ach hinge preferably consists of a substantially U-shaped part 12, depending from the horizontal flange 8 of a side bar 1, and apart 13, fixed to a section 11 in any suitable manner and having its outer end hook-shaped and engaged with the intermediate portion 14 of said U-shaped part 12.

metal, and the sides 10 of the receptacle 9 are extended forwardly, forming the sides 6 of the forward portion of said body, Suitable front and rear wheels 15 and 16 are connected to the wagon-body by any desirable means unnecessary to describe herein.

17 is a winding-drum arranged in front of The nagon-body is usually composed of vthe receptacle 9, and 18 is an operating member or lever therefor.

19 is a flexible element, as a chain, for normally su porting the sections 11 of the bottom in c osed or operative 1positicn and for position after dumping the load. The intermediate portion of said element or chain islooped over a wheel 26, suitably supported by the rearend of the receptacle, and the opposite branches of said element are passed beneath engaging members, as rollers 21 22, carried by the sections 11 of the bottom atthe opposite ends and the intermediate portions thereof: Said rollers 22 at the intermediate portions of the sections 11 are arranged below the rollers 21 at the ends of the sections for causing the branches of the element or chain 19 to sup ort the sections 11 equally at their ends an in- The extremities of the flexible element or chain are suitably secured to the winding-drum 17. I

The construction and operation of my dump-wagon will now be readily understood 7 upon reference to the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings, and 1t w1ll be noted that more-or less change may be made in the component parts thereof without departing from the spirit of my invention.

the corresponding side bar and rigidly connected to said advance end, substantially as and for the. ,urpose described.

2. Ina ump-wagon, a frame comprising side bars having parts thereof in advance of themain portions of said side bars extended upwardly and forwardly, the advance ends of the side. bars being disposed in a horizontal plane above and substantially parallel to said main portions, and supplemental frame members arranged, respectively, beneath the advance ends of the side bars, each of said members consisting of a bar having its major portion arranged substantially parallel to the advance end of the corresponding side bar and having one end'extendedu wardly at substantially a right angle to suc major ortion and fixed to said'corresponding side bar, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. i

3.- Ina-dump-wagon, a frame comprising side bars having parts thereof in advance of the main portions of said side bars extended upwardly and forwardly, the advance ends of t e. side bars bein disposed in a horizontal plane above and su stantiallv parallel to said main portions, andi supplemental frame members arranged, respectively, beneath the advance ends of the side bars, each of'said members consisting of .a-bar having its major portion arranged substantially parallel to the advance end of' the: corresponding side bar and having the rear end thereof extended upwardly at-substantially a right angle to such major portion andfixed to saidcorresponding side bar, substantially as and for'the pur-- poses ecified, 4, t1

a dump-wagon, side bars having parts thereof'in advance of'the main portions of said side bars extended upwardly and forwardly, the advance ends ofthe side bars beipjg) disposedin a horizontal lane above and s stantially parallel'to said main portions,

J supplemental frame members arranged, re-

spectively, beneath-theadvance ends of the side bars,;each of-said members consisting of a bar having its major portion arranged substantially(parallel to the advance end of the correspon lngjside bar and having one end extended upwardly at substantially a right angle to such major portion and fixed to said corresponding side bar, and the sides of the body of the wagon having their forward portions fixed to the inner faces of the advance ends of the side bars and to said supplemental frame members, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. In a dump-wagon, the combination of a frame comprising side bars formed from angle-iron of inverted- L-shaped cross-section, the vertical flange of each side bar extending downwardly from the horizontal flange thereof, and said horizontal flange extending outwardly, a receptacle supported by the frame and having its sides secured to the vertical flanges of the side bars, the bottom of said receptacle being divided longitudinally into opposite sections, and hinges for said sections having their pivotal pins located, respectively, in the angles of the side bars, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a dump-wagon, the combination of a frame comprising side bars formed from angle-iron of inverted- L-shaped cross-section, the vertical flange of each side bar extending downwardly from the horizontal flange thereof, and said horizontal flange extending outwardly, a receptacle supported by the frame and having its sides secured to the vertical flanges of the side bars, the lower edges of the sides of said receptacle being substantially flush with the lower edges of said vertical flanges of the side bars, and the bottom. of said receptacle being divided longitudinally into opposite sections, and hinges for said sections having. their pivotal pins located, respectively, in the angles of the side bars, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

7. In a dump-wagon, a frame comprising side bars formed fIOlll angle-iron of inverted- L-shaped cross-section, the vertical flange of each side bar extending downwardly from the horizontal flange thereof, and said horizontal-flange extending outwardly, a receptacle supported by the frame and'having its sides secured to the vertical flanges of the side bars, the bottom ofsaid receptacle being divided longitudinally into opposite sections, and hinges for'said sections supported, respectively, by the side bars, substantially as and for the purpose described.

8. In a dump-wagon, a frame comprising side bars formed from angle-iron of inverted 'L-shaped cross-section, the vertical flange of each side bar extending downwardly from the horizontal flange thereof and said horizontal flange extending outwardly, a receptacle supportedlby the frame and having its sides secured to the vertical-flanges ofthe side bars, the bottom of said receptacle being divided longitudinally into opposite sections, and hinges for said sections having their pivotal pins located, respectively, in the angles of the side bars, each hinge consisting of a substantially U-shaped part depending from the horizontal flange of a side bar, and a part downwardly from the horizontal flange thereof, and-said horizontal flange extending outwardly, a receptacle supported by the frame and having its sides secured to the ver-' tical flanges of the side bars, the lower edges of the sides of said receptacle being substan-' tially flush with the lower edges of said vertical flanges of the sidebars, and the bottom of said receptacle being-divided longitudinally into opposite sections, eachprovided with eng'agportion thereof, the engaging members at the intermediate portions ofthe sections being'below said members at the ends of the sections, hinges for the sections having their pivotal pins located, respectively, in the angles of the side bars, a winding-drum at one end of the rece tacle, and a flexible element secured to'the um and passing beneath the engaging members provided at the ends and intermediate portions of the sections of the bottom, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

mg members at the ends and intermediate 10. In a dump-wagon, a frame comprising. side bars formed from angleiron of inverted- L-shaped cross-section, the vertical flange of each side bar extending downwardly from the horizontal flange thereof, andsaid horizontal flange extending outwardly, said side bars having parts thereof in advance of the main portions of said side bars extended upwardly and forwardly, and

the advance ends of the side bars being disposed in a horizontal plane'above and substantially parallel to said main portions, supplemental frame members arranged beneath the advance ends ofthe sidebars, each of said members having its major portion arranged substantially parallel to the advance en'dof the corresponding side bar, and rigidly connected to said advanced end, a re ceptacle supported by the frame and having its sides secured to the verticalflangesof the side bars, the bottom of said receptacle being divided longitudinally into opposite sections,

and hinges for the sections having their pivotal pins located, respectively, in the angles of the side bars, substantially as and for the purpose described. .7

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name, in the presence of, two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county 15th day of September, 1905. p p

COURTNEY c. AVERY. Witnesses: I

S. DAVIS,

E. K. SEEMILLER.

of Onondaga, in the State of cw-York, this 

